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China resumes Beijing-Pyongyang flights after six years as North Korea finally eases border controls
World | March 30, 2026 12:19 ISTNorth Korea has banned all foreign tourists during the pandemic but has started easing the restrictions, with a Russian tour group entering the country in 2024. Chinese tour groups had made up 90 per cent of all visitors to North Korea prior to the ban.
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North Korea: Kim Jong Un's sister warns of 'horrible disaster' if Seoul flies drones over Pyongyang
World | October 13, 2024 14:40 ISTKim Yo Jong called South Korea "childish" and "ignorant" and accused it of evading responsibility for flying drones over Pyongyang. This came after North Korea's foreign ministry on Friday accused South Korea of sending drones into Pyongyang at night this week and the last.
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'You first, no no you first...': Putin and Kim's bromance before boarding car goes viral I VIDEO
World | June 19, 2024 19:08 ISTNorth Korean and Russian flags were seen hanging side-by-side as the facade of the unfinished and vacant 101-story pyramid-shaped Ryugyong Hotel was seen brightly lit with a giant message reading "Welcome Putin".
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North Korea's Kim Jong Un meets Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu in Pyongyang: Report
World | July 27, 2023 7:38 ISTFootage from the conversation showed Kim Jong-un talking to Shoigu, pointing and walking through a series of large rockets mounted on a truck.
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North Korea notifies Japan of plan to launch satellite in coming days: Report
World | May 29, 2023 7:24 ISTAccording to analysts, the military satellite is part of North Korea's efforts to improve its ability to strike targets in the event of a conflict by advancing surveillance technology, including drones.
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North Korea says it tested new long-range cruise missiles
World | September 13, 2021 8:38 ISTThe Korean Central News Agency said Monday the cruise missiles, which had been under development for two years, demonstrated an ability to hit targets 1,500 kilometers (932 miles) away during flight tests.
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North Korea confirms 2nd test of multiple rocket launcher
World | September 11, 2019 10:47 ISTTuesday’s rocket launcher test was made hours after North Korea said it was willing to resume nuclear negotiations with the United States in late September.
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North Korea working on new missiles: US spy agencies
World | July 31, 2018 9:53 ISTNewly obtained evidence indicates that work is underway on at least one and possibly two liquid-fuelled ICBMs in Sanumdong.
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US President Trump mentions three or four dates for talks with Kim Jong-Un
World | April 26, 2018 19:12 IST"We have a decision to be made. We have three and four dates. That includes five locations. That will be narrowed down", said President Trump.
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Trump-Kim meeting only after 'concrete actions' from North Korea, says White House
World | March 10, 2018 8:51 IST"This meeting would not take place without concrete actions that match the promises made by North Korea," White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said.
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Pyongyang cancelled meeting with Mike Pence in South Korea: US
World | February 21, 2018 15:11 ISTOn February 10, less than two hours before Pence and his team were to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's sister Kim Yo-jong and North Korea's nominal head of state Kim Yong-nam, Pyongyang pulled out of the scheduled meeting.
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North Korea invites South Korean President Moon Jae-in for summit in Pyongyang
World | February 10, 2018 15:29 ISTThe verbal message to come at a “convenient time” from dictator Kim Jong Un, delivered by his visiting little sister, Kim Yo Jong, is part of a sudden rush of improving feelings between the rivals during the Pyeongchang Olympics.
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Secret Sauce? North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un applies science to kimchi-making
World | December 30, 2017 10:51 ISTOn the outskirts of Pyongyang, surrounded by snow-covered farms and greenhouses, stands one of Kim's latest pet projects, the Ryugyong Kimchi Factory, which produces 4,200 tons of the iconic Korean pickled vegetable dish a year.
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200 killed in tunnel collapse at North Korea’s nuclear site: Report
World | October 31, 2017 18:26 ISTMore than 200 people were killed when a tunnel at North Korea’s Punggye-ri nuclear test site had collapsed after the sixth atomic test in September, according to a Japanese media report.
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North Korea accuses Japan of 'hysteric' smear campaign
World | October 29, 2017 8:03 ISTJapan said that the development of a nuclear and missile programme by North Korea is posing a threat to Japan's national security.
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US bombers fly off North Korean coast, Pyongyang says rockets to US ‘inevitable’
World | September 24, 2017 8:06 ISTIntensifying the rhetoric between the two nations, North Korea said on Saturday that firing its rockets at the US mainland was “inevitable” after US President Donald Trump called Kim Jong-un a “rocket man”
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US warns North Korea will be 'destroyed' if threat continues
World | September 18, 2017 11:48 ISTTrump's earlier warning he would rain "fire and fury" on a recalcitrant North Korea, she said, was "not an empty threat."
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Donald Trump issues fresh warnings to North Korea, says ‘fire and fury’ message wasn’t tough enough
World | August 11, 2017 10:51 ISTReferring to his Tuesday’s statement that North Korean threat to the US will be met with “fire and fury”, he said the message wasn’t tough enough and it’s time to act for the people of America.
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Time for talk over North Korea is 'over', says US after Pyongyang's missile launch
World | July 31, 2017 10:09 ISTThe US has said the time for talk over North Korea was "over," spurning a UN response to Pyongyang's latest ICBM launch in favour of bomber flights and missile defence system tests
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North Korea claims successful test of ballistic missile featuring high-precision guidance system
World | May 30, 2017 11:10 ISTThe Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) quoted North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as saying that the precision-guided ballistic rocket is capable of making ultra-precision strike.
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